Ali Turkyilmaz is an Associate Professor of Engineering Management and Industrial Engineering. His research and teaching area include production and service systems management, operations management, engineering management and economy, construction management, digital transformation, quality management, lean production, new product and service development, data analysis, and decision support systems.
Dr. Turkyilmaz has served as an editorial board member of numerous journals, including Industrial Management and Data Systems, International Journal of Management and Enterprise Development (IJMED), International Journal of Supply Chain Management, and International Journal of Services and Standards. He is the (co)author of more than 80 publications in various journals and conference proceedings. He has publications that received various awards such as the Emerald’s Outstanding Paper Award and the best paper award of the International Management Development Association.
Besides his academic activities, he also has broad industry experience as a consultant, company co-founder, and project coordinator. He holds certifications as ISO 9001 lead auditor, occupational health and safety trainer, and consultant for business companies, SMEs in particular.
Ongoing Research Projects:
1) Industry 4.0 Readiness Assessment of SMEs in Kazakhstan: ORAU project, supported by Nazarbayev University, 01/2020 – 12/2022; Role: Principal Investigator
This research aims to: (i) develop a detailed analysis of drivers, critical factors, and challenges of Industry 4.0 for manufacturing SMEs in Kazakhstan, (ii) assess their readiness for Industry 4.0, and (iii) develop a comprehensive digitization framework and road map to improve their capacity to be integrated into the global supply chain.
Link to the research: KZ.Industry4.0 and LinkedIn Page
2) EduInd4.0: Educating graduate students for Industry 4.0.: International project funded by DIKU, Norway, 10/2019 – 10/2022; Role: Eurasia Coordinator
Educating for Industry 4.0 (EduInd4) is an international project developed jointly by the researchers and faculty from Nazarbayev University (NU), University of Stavanger (UIS)-Norway, and Azerbaijan State Oil and Industry University (ASOIU) with the partnership of various industrial organizations in three countries. The project aims to evaluate and prepare the graduate-level programs in partner countries towards Industry 4.0.
Link to the project: EduInd4.0
3) PANSUST: Effects of pandemics on sustainable buildings and development of a sustainability assessment tool based on COVID-19 experience: ORAU project, supported by Nazarbayev University, 09/2020 – 12/2022; Role: Co-PI
The research aims at developing sustainability functions for times when millions of people are isolated and have to work from home as in the current COVID-19 pandemic. It plans (i) to maintain the sustainability performance of buildings under pandemic measures, (ii) to develop a building sustainability assessment tool that adequately addresses a building’s sustainability performance under social isolation times.
Link to the project: PANSUST
You can find more information about the research projects and publications at NU Research Portal, Research-Gate, and Google-Scholar.
E-mail: ali.turkyilmaz@old.nu.edu.kz
LinkedIn profile: Ali Turkyilmaz
Managing employee engagement in the strategy implementation process: The case from the natural gas industryJan Chadam, Ali Turkyilmaz,
2021 In : . 40, p.1, p. 117-125
Readiness assessment of green building certification systems for residential buildings during pandemicsAidana Tleuken, Galym Tokazhanov, Mert Guney, Ali Turkyilmaz, Ferhat Karaca,
2021 In : . 13, p.2, p. 1-31
How is COVID-19 experience transforming sustainability requirements of residential buildings? A reviewGalym Tokazhanov, Aidana Tleuken, Mert Guney, Ali Turkyilmaz, Ferhat Karaca,
2020 In : . 12, p.20, p. 1-20
Industry 4.0: Challenges and opportunities for Kazakhstan SMEsAli Turkyilmaz, Dinara Dikhanbayeva, Zhanybek Suleiman, Sabit Shaikholla, Essam Shehab,
2020 In : . 96, p. 213-218
Assessment of industry 4.0 maturity models by design principlesDinara Dikhanbayeva, Sabit Shaikholla, Zhanybek Suleiman, Ali Turkyilmaz,
2020 In : . 12, p.23, p. 1-22
Application of the means-end chain theory to study of the value perception on professional clients marketsZbigniew Pastuszak, Mieczyslaw Pawlowski, Ali Turkyilmaz,
2019 In : . 26, p.3, p. 256-272
Rising environmental awareness in Central Asia: An empirical study from Nursultan, KazakhstanFerhat Karaca, John Machell, Ali Turkyilmaz, Dina Kaskina, Kamshat Tussupova,
2019 In : . 66, p.4, p. 276-307
Decision support system for credit risk management: An empirical studyMehmet Resul Bilginci, Gamze Ogcu Kaya, Ali Turkyilmaz,
2019 In : . 11, p.2, p. 18-31
A comprehensive construction and demolition waste management model using PESTEL and 3R for construction companies operating in central AsiaAli Turkyilmaz, Mert Guney, Ferhat Karaca, Zhanar Bagdatkyzy, Aiganym Sandybayeva, Gulzat Sirenova,
2019 In : . 11, p.6
Saving old cities: Land use regression model for traffic emissions in the Historical Peninsula of IstanbulFerhat Karaca, Tugrul Yanik, Ali Turkyilmaz,
2019 In : . 18, p.1, p. 24-40
A process improvement study in an emergency department using lean methodologyNirouz Abeidi, Ali Turkyilmaz, Ozgur Uysal,
2018 In : . 2018, p.JUL, p. 864-875
A product service system design for energy provisionFerhat Karaca, Fatih Camci, Ali Turkyilmaz,
2018 In : . 17, p.3, p. 244-266
Measuring the performance efficiency of Turkish electrical machinery manufacturing SMEs with frontier methodMuhammet Enis Bulak, Ali Turkyilmaz, Metin Satir, Muhammad Shoaib, Muhammad Shahbaz,
2016 In : . 23, p.7, p. 2004-2026
A causal analytic approach to student satisfaction index modelingAli Turkyilmaz, Leyla Temizer, Asil Oztekin,
2016 In : . , p. 1-21
Assessment of TQM Practices as a part of supply chain management in healthcare institutionsAli Turkyilmaz, Muhammet Enis Bulak, Selim Zaim,
2015 In : . 4, p.4, p. 1-9
The Influence of Knowledge Management on Financial and Non-Financial PerformanceAsil Oztekin, Dursun Delen, Halil Zaim, Ali Turkyilmaz, Selim Zaim,
2015 In : . 14, p.2
Performance assessment of manufacturing SMEs: A frontier approachMuhammet Enis Bulak, Ali Turkyilmaz,
2014 In : . 114, p.5, p. 797-816
A machine learning-based usability evaluation method for eLearning systemsAsil Oztekin, Dursun Delen, Ali Turkyilmaz, Selim Zaim,
2013 In : . 56, p.1, p. 63-73
Universal structure modeling approach to customer satisfaction indexAli Turkyilmaz, Asil Oztekin, Selim Zaim, Omer Fahrettin Demirel,
2013 In : . 113, p.7, p. 932-949
Development of a fuzzy ANP based SWOT analysis for the airline industry in TurkeyMehmet Sevkli, Asil Oztekin, Ozgur Uysal, Gökhan Torlak, Ali Turkyilmaz, Dursun Delen,
2012 In : . 39, p.1, p. 14-24
Maintenance strategy selection using AHP and ANP algorithms: A case studySelim Zaim, Ali Turkyílmaz, Mehmet F. Acar, Umar Al-Turki, Omer F. Demirel,
2012 In : . 18, p.1, p. 16-29
Measuring the efficiency of customer satisfaction and loyalty for mobile phone brands with DEAErkan Bayraktar, Ekrem Tatoglu, Ali Turkyilmaz, Dursun Delen, Selim Zaim,
2012 In : . 39, p.1, p. 99-106
Empirical study of public sector employee loyalty and satisfactionAli Turkyilmaz, Gulsen Akman, Coskun Ozkan, Zbigniew Pastuszak,
2011 In : . 111, p.5, p. 675-696
An application of fuzzy TOPSIS method for supplier selectionMehmet Sevkli, Selim Zaim, Ali Turkyilmaz, Metin Satir,
2010 In : 2010 IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence, WCCI 2010
Measuring and evaluating efficiency of hospitals through total quality management: A multi-criteria data envelopment analysis modelSelim Zaim, Nizamettin Bayyurt, Ali Turkyilmaz, Nihat Solakoglu, Halil Zaim,
2007 In : . 12, p.4, p. 77-97
Development of a customer satisfaction index model: An application to the Turkish mobile phone sectorAli Türkyilmaz, Coşkun Özkan,
2007 In : . 107, p.5, p. 672-687
